BUSINESS CUP · Finale Race⏱ 1h38

The 97-minute endurance final at the Lyon&Valence Karting circuit (1,100 m) took place on 3 September 2026, bringing together 17 teams on the grid for what proved to be a hard-fought battle from lights to flag.

GROUPE BOUILLIER 2 (kart #6) took the overall victory, leading the race up to lap 79 when the chequered flag fell. LOPES TP (kart #23) crossed the line one lap down in second place, while MARTIN 1 (kart #31) completed the podium in third, finishing three laps behind the winner with 75 laps to their credit and a best lap of 57.168 s.

Fourth place went to GROUPE BOUILLIER 3 (kart #27, 76 laps, best lap 56.860 s), followed by SD MENUISERIE (kart #2, 75 laps, best lap 58.146 s) in fifth and GROUPE BOUILLIER 1 (kart #24, 74 laps, best lap 59.160 s) in sixth, 14.250 s behind fifth. LM CHARPENTE (kart #18, 74 laps) and PLATTARD INDISTRIE (kart #19, 73 laps) completed the top eight, with PLATTARD INDISTRIE 6.637 s clear of ninth-placed PRAXIS (kart #16, 72 laps). SANIDEAL 1 (kart #5) rounded out the top ten, 37.566 s behind ninth.

Further back, FRERES ALAGOZ (kart #17, 71 laps), GROUPE BOUILLIER 4 (kart #26), and SANIDEAL 2 (kart #22, 71 laps) took 11th, 12th, and 13th respectively. ATEC (kart #10, 69 laps, best lap 1:02.173) finished 14th, ahead of MARTIN 2 (kart #11), MARTIN 3 (kart #1), and GROUPE BOUILLIER 5 (kart #29) to close out the field.

The fastest lap of the race was set by GROUPE BOUILLIER 3 (kart #27) with a time of 56.860 s.

The pace analysis reveals a notable gap between on-track performance and final classification. GROUPE BOUILLIER 3 was the quickest team in pure pace terms, posting the best median lap time of 59.914 s — the only team to average below the 60-second mark — and also the most consistent of the day with a lap-time standard deviation of just 0.99 s. Despite those credentials, they could only convert that speed into fourth place overall. MARTIN 1 held the second-best median pace at 1:00.143 s (std dev 1.41 s), matching their third-place finish. SD MENUISERIE ranked third in pure pace (1:00.535 s) but showed the greater variability among the analysed frontrunners (std dev 1.96 s), finishing fifth. GROUPE BOUILLIER 1 was fourth in pace (1:00.716 s) and remarkably consistent (std dev 1.18 s) en route to sixth. Among the teams further down the order, PRAXIS (9th) held the fifth-best median pace (1:01.030 s) but was the least consistent of the analysed runners (std dev 2.47 s), a factor that ultimately cost them positions. SANIDEAL 2 stands out as the clearest case of pace versus result: ranked 8th in median lap time (1:02.373 s) yet finishing only 13th, suggesting significant time was lost outside of racing laps.

Key takeaways for teams: GROUPE BOUILLIER 3's combination of the fastest median pace (59.914 s) and the tightest consistency (±0.99 s) sets the benchmark on this 1,100 m layout. Converting raw pace into positions remains the central challenge — SANIDEAL 2's eight-place gap between pace rank and finishing position is the starkest reminder. Consistency, as demonstrated by GROUPE BOUILLIER 1 (std dev 1.18 s, 6th both in pace and result), proved as valuable as outright speed at the Lyon&Valence Karting circuit.